Comparison

Poker Club HQ vs StackPilot Poker Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Poker Club HQ

Manage poker tournaments with this intuitive app. Create custom blind schedules, breaks, and payout structures. Features include text-to-speech alerts and optional player management tools.

Highlights
  • Customizable blinds schedule
  • Flexible break scheduling
  • Automated tournament timer
  • Payout calculator
  • Text-to-speech alerts
  • Player and table management (in-app purchase)
  • Remote control synchronization (in-app purchase)
Features
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Poker Club HQ is your all-in-one hub for running and growing a poker club, league, or home game. Build the structure, seat the players, track the money, and run a beautiful full-screen timer — all kept in sync across every device, even offline. A TIMER BUILT FOR THE ROOM • Full-screen, high-visibility countdown with blind levels, antes, and breaks • Upcoming levels, average stack, and estimated end time at a glance • Customize the layout, fonts, colors, and background to make it your own • Add a QR code so anyone can scan for a live, read-only view — perfect for projectors and spectators PLAYERS & TABLES, HANDLED • Add or import players and track buy-ins, add-ons, rebuys, re-entries, and knockouts • Drag-and-drop seating with assisted table balancing and fair seat selection (TDA 2024 guidelines) • Keep groups together or apart, and get warned when tables need balancing or consolidating THE MONEY, DONE RIGHT • Automatic, fully customizable payout calculations • Four chop methods: even split, chip chop, ICM, and custom amounts • Bounty / head-hunter chips tracked separately from the prize pool, transferring on each knockout CHIPS, STATS & HISTORY • Build chip sets with custom values and colors — or upload photos of your own chips • Per-player stats: finishing place, winnings, play time, and knockouts, with CSV export • A detailed action log with full undo/redo for every player action • Replay the entire tournament step by step WORKS EVERYWHERE, EVEN OFFLINE • Offline-first: everything works without a connection and syncs the moment you reconnect • Run the tournament on your phone while it displays on a tablet, in real time • Share with co-editors for multi-person management Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, and Norwegian. Questions or ideas? Email support@pokerclubhq.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

StackPilot Poker Timer

Features
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Run poker night like a professional tournament director. StackPilot is a premium tournament clock built for the table — a gorgeous, room-readable timer designed iPad-first, with animated blind changes, break handling, and a refined look in felt green and gold. THE SEAT DRAW CEREMONY Stop scribbling names on napkins. StackPilot deals branded cards face-down onto a virtual felt table, then flips them one by one to reveal each player's seat — with haptics, chip drops, and the Ace claiming Seat 1 and the dealer button. It's the first big moment of the night, before the first hand is even dealt. A CLOCK EVERYONE CAN READ • Big, bold timer built for TV mirroring and across-the-room glances • Animated level changes with sound and voice announcements • Automatic breaks, with "play resumes at" times • Paused state that's unmistakable from the couch • Keeps the screen awake through the whole game FULL TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR TOOLS (PRO) • Player roster — entries, re-entries, add-ons, and eliminations • Optional results calculator — set final placements and work out the split however your group decides (1st / 2nd / 3rd and beyond) • Blind structure editor — Standard, Turbo, Deep Stack presets or fully custom levels, breaks, and antes • Seat draw ceremony with dealt cards and dealer button • Save your setup as a template and reuse it every game night • Remote control — pause the clock or eliminate players from your iPhone while the iPad stays on the table • Player database with lifetime stats, win rates, and a league leaderboard • Complete tournament history FREE FOREVER The tournament clock, blind structures, and setup basics are free — no account, no ads, no subscription. One $4.99 purchase unlocks everything else, forever, with Family Sharing. BUILT FOR YOUR GAME Whether it's a casual home game or your league's championship, StackPilot handles dead-button rules, house rotations, late entries, and the blind-movement debates that stall every home game (there's a built-in Poker Rules reference for that). StackPilot is a tournament timer and organizer for in-person games. It involves no wagering, no real money, and no simulated gambling of any kind. Shuffle up and deal. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Poker Club HQ4 screens
StackPilot Poker Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Poker Club HQ at 15.6 against StackPilot Poker Timer's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Poker Club HQ sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and StackPilot Poker Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Poker Club HQ versus StackPilot Poker Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoker Club HQStackPilot Poker Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (330 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings330 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperR. BoothScott Yale

Bugs and requests

Poker Club HQ

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes immediately after opening on some devices
  • Alarms fail to trigger when device is in sleep mode
  • Remote control feature loses synchronization between devices
  • Blind levels change unexpectedly to incorrect values
  • Timer duration changes automatically without user input
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  • Screen burn-in on plasma TVs with static display
  • Pause function causes remote devices to desynchronize
  • Player elimination not functional in advanced mode via remote
  • Paid feature charging twice without proper service delivery

Requested features

16 requests
  • Apple TV native app support
  • Android TV or Roku compatibility
  • Player name storage and league point tracking
  • Chip calculator for distribution based on buy-in
  • Larger pause/play buttons
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  • All chips visible on screen simultaneously
  • Custom alert sound intervals (2-minute warnings, etc.)
  • Picture-in-Picture (PiP) support
  • Manual player seating reassignment between tables
  • Player chop/deal feature
  • Big blind ante format support
  • Customizable background images and font colors
  • Ability to manually adjust individual player chip counts
  • More currency options (UK Sterling, Euros, etc.)
  • Landscape mode without menu bar overlay
  • Chip denomination input for automatic blind calculation

StackPilot Poker Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Poker Club HQ

Subscriptions5
  • Home (Monthly, Loyalty Discount)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Home (Monthly)14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Club (Monthly, Loyalty Discount)14 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • Club (Monthly)14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$39.991 Month
One-time8
  • Customization$0.99
  • Remote Control$2.99
  • Advanced Player and Table Management$3.99
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  • The Works$5.99
  • Home (Lifetime, Loyalty Discount)$44.99
  • Home (Lifetime)$74.99
  • Club (Lifetime, Loyalty Discount)$89.99
  • Club (Lifetime)$149.99
1 purchases

StackPilot Poker Timer

One-time1
  • StackPilot Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Poker Club HQ free?
Poker Club HQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StackPilot Poker Timer free?
StackPilot Poker Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Poker Club HQ or StackPilot Poker Timer have ads?
Neither Poker Club HQ nor StackPilot Poker Timer shows ads.

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